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Last step in your personal financial security formula Jody Tallal Jr. is a man of many talents and interests. He is the author of the just released “Billionaire Cab Driver: Timeless Lessons for Financial Success.” A personal financial manager to wealthy professionals, Tallal became one of the first fee-only … Continue reading at wnd.com 7 […]

Why Is XL Group (XL) Up 4.3% Since the Last Earnings Report? It has been about a month since the last earnings report for XL Group Ltd. XL. Shares have added about 4.3% in that time frame, underperforming the market. Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to the stock’s next earnings release, or […]

Last Week’s Best Healthcare ETF In fact, the majority of the most popular exchange-traded funds that focus on healthcare stocks had a great week and posted positive returns. Several of these ETFs were even up by more than 3%, but that still wasn’t good enough to match the best-performing … Continue reading at fool.com Mid-Day […]

Last Week’s Best Healthcare ETF It was another good week to be a healthcare investor, as many of the most popular exchange-traded funds that focus on the industry ended the week higher. Several of these ETFs even put up returns that outperformed the market in general. One fund in … Continue reading at fool.com 5 […]

Last Week’s Best Healthcare ETF After getting off to a rough start for the year, healthcare focused investors finally had a week to smile about, as many of the most popular exchange-traded funds that focus on the sector came roaring back to life over the past few trading days. Continue reading at fool.com Understand How […]

Last Week’s Best Healthcare ETF but those gains didn’t find their way into the healthcare sector as all of the most popular ETFs that invest in only healthcare stocks ended the week in negative territory.. The week was so bad for healthcare investors that the best-performing ETF in the … Continue reading at fool.com A […]

Last Week’s Best Healthcare ETF The S&P 500 managed to put up a positive return of 1.44% during the short trading week, and many exchange-traded funds that focus on the healthcare sector performed even better. One ETF in particular — the PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals ETF (NYSEMKT … Continue reading at fool.com MLP ETFs Trading At […]

Money Matters

According to Lubaszka, the U.S. dollar has lost more than 80% of its original value since the early 70's when we went to a floating currency, a situation not helped very much by the debut of the Euro in the late 1990s. Unlike American dollars, a portion of the Euro is gold-backed, a stability feature that has helped it outperform the dollar over the long haul. It is for this reason that many foreign investors have been taking money out of U.S. dollars and putting it into gold and oil instead, one explanation for why the price of both has continued to rise in recent months.

All are extremely encouraging signs for gold investors. Over the course of the past 35 years, gold has climbed in value from a modest $35 an ounce to nearly $600. Contrast that with the battered U.S. dollar, a currency currently worth only 20% of its value in 1970.

An immediate annuity is an investment policy usually purchased from an insurance company. Immediate Annuities are sometimes known as Single Premium Immediate Annuities. Immediate annuities are commonly purchased with a lump sum and used as a retirement investment. In an immediate annuity, the investor begins to receive lump sum pay-outs anywhere from immediately to one year from the date of purchase. Generally, payments begin one month after investing in the annuity.